What a mouthfull

We were lucky to come across three sub-adult lions on the move this morning. There was one young male, just starting to develop his mane, and his two sisters. It was the first time I had seen these three without their mother. They seemed to be walking looking for her and softly calling, probably trying to find out where she had gone to. As they were walking, the male suddenly left the road interested in something on the edge of a thicket. We could not see exactly what was happening but the squeals of a piglet quickly confirmed our suspicions. Within a miniute a very proud lion ran out the bush with a warthog in his mouth. He feasted on it and when he was finished his sisters devoured the scraps. It awesome to see the lions hunting successfully without their mothers help.

Posted: Phinda by Felicity Swanepoel, Date: 30 June 2009